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Fire Season in Northern Africa
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Fire Season in Northern Africa

Published Nov 30, 2005

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Fires in Western Africa
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Fires in Western Africa

Hundreds of fires, probably related to agriculture, were burning across West Africa on December 26, 2009, when Aqua MODIS captured this image.

Published Dec 28, 2009

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A New Global Fire Atlas
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A New Global Fire Atlas

The satellite-based atlas includes information about more than 13 million fires.

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Global Fires

Fire is ubiquitous, both a tool and a destructive force. Like plants, fire grows and wanes in seasons.

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Fires in Central and Southern Africa
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Fires in Central and Southern Africa

Published Sep 30, 2002

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Fires Stretch Across Central Africa
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Fires Stretch Across Central Africa

This image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite from July 8, 2009, shows thick smoke from hundreds of fires burning in central Africa.

Published Jul 8, 2009

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Seasonal Fires in Southern Africa
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Seasonal Fires in Southern Africa

Widespread fires produce thick smoke in this image of South Africa from September 15, 2010.

Published Sep 15, 2010

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Building a Long-Term Record of Fire
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Building a Long-Term Record of Fire

Scientists have answered some important questions about how fires vary around the world and are changing over time.

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